The drama is palpable, but there can be only one winner. This year – at the 45th Chess Olympiad finals in Budapest – it was India, whose players won both men’s and women’s gold medals and ...

A Romanian chess grandmaster was expelled from a national-level competition after being accused of using a mobile device during play, organizers announced on Monday. Kirill Shevchenko, currently ...

Christopher Yoo, a 17-year-old chess grandmaster, was arrested and charged with fourth-degree assault after allegedly striking a videographer Wednesday at the U.S. Chess Championship in St.

SINGAPORE: Minutes before their first international chess tournament on Tuesday (Oct 8), Singapore’s eight representatives receive instructions from grandmaster Kevin Goh. “Don’t tense up ...

This is entirely due to the diffusion that has been possible due to computers, training and databases, but also telecommunications has made chess more accessible and user-friendly than ever before.

Sept 22 (Reuters) - Chess governing body FIDE's general assembly on Sunday upheld a ban on Russian and Belarusian players imposed after Moscow invaded Ukraine in February 2022, while backing a ...

Look at the ten faces up there, and it's an incredible sight. The World Championship may be the absolute pinnacle of chess, but nothing comes close to the Chess Olympiad in testing the arsenal a ...

The unprecedented history-making-ness of India's double gold at the 2024 FIDE Chess Olympiad speaks for itself. Before this, in over-the-board official Olympiads, India had never done better than ...

India clinched gold medals in both men's and women's categories at the 45th Chess Olympiad held in Budapest. Key players trained at Viswanathan Anand's Westbridge Anand Chess Academy were ...